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Statutory Instruments
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made
18th December 1991
Coming into force
6th April 1992
Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 12(1) of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991F1 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;
Now therefore the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 37ZA(6), 37ZB(2), (3), (7) and (8), 37ZC, 37ZD, 37ZE(2), 85(1), 114(1) and 166(2) to (3A) of and Schedule 20 to the Social Security Act 1975F2, section 13 of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977F3 and section 5(1) of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains only regulations made consequential upon section 1 of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Textual Amendments
F2 1975 c.14 . Sections 37ZA–37ZE were inserted in the Social Security Act 1975, by the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991; section 166 was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c.24) Schedule 8, paragraph 10(1); subsection (3A) was inserted in section 166 by the Social Security Act 1986 (c.50) , section 62(1) ; Schedule 20 is cited because of the meaning it ascribes to the words “Prescribed” and “Regulations”, and for the enabling power contained within the meaning of the word “Child”, which was inserted by the Child Benefit Act 1975 (c.61) , Schedule 4 , paragraph 38 .
F3 1977 c.5 ; section 13 was amended by the Social Security Act 1979 (c.18) Schedule 3, paragraph 29(c) and the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 (c.21) , section 4 , Schedule 2 , paragraph 8 .
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